Browsing by Author "Lovvoll, David Richard"

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    Perceived risks and injuries associated with non-use of the manual lap belt in automatic shoulder belt/manual lap belt restraint systems
    (1998) Lovvoll, David Richard; Laughery, Kenneth R., Sr.
    An experiment was conducted in order to explore some of the perceived risks associated with automatic shoulder belt/manual lap belt restraint systems used without buckling the manual lap belt. Participants viewed videotaped clips that combined sequences of a person entering a car and using or not using the active component of the restraint system followed by an accident. Participants were then asked to estimated the severity of injury likely suffered by a person who was involved in that accident given the seat belt use they viewed. Participants did not perceive large differences in injury severity between scenarios when the manual lap belt was used and when it was not used. Additionally, participants seemed relatively unaware of the risks of submarining and ejection when the manual lap belt is not used.
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    The risk-taking personality: Comparing three measures used to evaluate different types of risk takers
    (1999) Lovvoll, David Richard; Laughery, Kenneth R., Sr.
    Three different measures of risk taking were compared to examine the support for a unitary trait of risk taking. The measures included the Sensation Seeking Scale, an experimental lottery, and a consumer product/activity risk perception questionnaire. The measures were administered to groups of subjects believed to differ in different types of risk taking propensity: gamblers, scuba divers, and students. Although differences between the subject groups were demonstrated on the individual measures, relationships between the measures were quite weak. These results indicate that references to risk taking behavior should be specified as applying to certain individual activities.